HINTS UPON COSTUME. 



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in the saddle is secured to the rider, that portion of the 



skirt which in the ordinary habit fits over the pommel, 



always a source of danger, being entirely dispensed with. 



The '' Zenith" is made in two breadths or portions, instead 



of three, as heretofore, and on one side this skirt is attached 



to the trousers at the *' side seam " of the right leg, or leg 



which passes over the 



pommel. The skirt is 



then carried across or 



over both legs of the 



trousers in front, and, on 



the other side, is brought 



round and attached to 



the "leg seam" of the 



left leg and to the ''seat 



seam," both the trousers 

 and the skirt being then 

 secured to the waistband. 

 Thus the rider, as stated 

 above, has the pommel 

 leg free to be readily dis- 

 engaged from the pom- 

 mel without the skirt 

 catching thereon, the right the 

 leg at the back being left 

 uncovered by the skirt. An opening formed on the left side 

 of the skirt allows of the garment being readily put on. 

 The front draping of the skirt remains unaltered from the 

 usual skirt, but when seen from behind it presents the 

 appearance of one leg covered, the other uncovered. When 

 walking, the back of the right trousers leg, which is un- 

 covered, can be draped somewhat by the front of the skirt 

 being lifted and brought round by the right hand. There is 



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"zenith" habit — ^JACKET 

 BODY. 



